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Catalogue·PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 5·1939–1948

Bamboula and Kourion Complex (trenches, palace), Sherds

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 61 of catalogue PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 5 (Bamboula and Kourion Complex (trenches, palace), Sherds), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 61 of 62

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Bamboula

Sh438 Ware like Sh 404, but brick-red surface, not burnished. Rim (of krater?) With Sh 436

Sh439. do. do., traces of slip, brown to black. Bowl (?) rim. With Sh436 Sh440. do. do. Black slip on outside. Rim. With Sh 436 Sh441 do. do. traces of black slip. Rim. With Sh 436 Sh442 "Burnished slip ware" Sherd from neck of pithos. Deep red slip outside. Tr. 5, 0-0.40. (5-3-37) Sh443. Neolithic. Ware like Sh 167. Tr. 2, Unit 4, . 10.00 \\ 10.10 \} . 10.19 \\ 10.17 .. (9-4-37) Sh444 " " " " " " " Tr. 2, Unit 15, $ . 10.43 \\ 10.45 \} . 10.57 \\ 10.58 . (10-4-37) Sh445 LH III, Pyriform base. Fine clay, lustrous red paint. Tr. 4, top-soil to intrusions. (18-3-37) Sh446 LH III. Base of bowl (?) Powdery clay, almost matt paint. Sh 445 [illegible] Sh447 Matt slip. Hand-made. Slightly lustrous black paint. With Sh 445

Right page

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

Objects named on this pageBamboula (Episkopi)

By the field number written in the record. A number links to the object’s page where we have one, and to the Penn Museum’s record where the museum has it online.

Recorded (10)

  • Sh438Rim (of krater?)
  • Sh439Bowl (?) rim
  • Sh440Rim
  • Sh441Rim
  • Sh442Sherd from neck of pithos
  • Sh443Neolithic. Ware like Sh 167. Tr. 2, Unit 4, 10.00 10.10 10.1
  • Sh444" " " " " " " Tr. 2, Unit 15, 10.43 10.45 10.57 10.58 (10-4-
  • Sh445Pyriform base
  • Sh446Base of bowl (?)
  • Sh447Matt slip. Hand-made. Slightly lustrous black paint. With Sh

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